Miyagi is 1.06× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Miyagi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 7,500 km² (2,900 mi²) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (union territory of India) about 7,110 km² (2,740 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,500km²Miyagi
7,110km²Andaman and Nicobar Islands

50 km

Miyagi
Andaman and Nicobar Islands

What fits

Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 95% of the size of Miyagi.
Miyagi is larger by 396 km² (153 mi²), which is 5.6% of the area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Miyagi is about 0.24, Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 0.23.

How they differ

Miyagi also has the larger population: 2.3 million against 356,000, 6.43× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 305 in Miyagi against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Miyagi is 6.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,630 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Miyagi at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Miyagi as 1.66× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands instead of 1.06×.
Together Miyagi and Andaman and Nicobar Islands cover 14,600 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 3.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 396 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Miyagi would have 376,000 people (it has 2.3 million). At Miyagi's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 2.2 million (it has 356,000).
Miyagi's centre is 27.3° of latitude, about 3,040 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands's.
Miyagi is the 15th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the 29th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
Miyagi lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,040 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Shared out evenly, each person in Miyagi would have about 3,280 m² and each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 19,950 m².
Laid side by side, Miyagi and Andaman and Nicobar Islands would cover 14,600 km², 97% of the size of East Timor.
Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as the Gambia.

Side by side

	Miyagi	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Is a	PrefectureJapan	Union TerritoryIndia
Area, measured	7,500 km²2,900 mi²	7,110 km²2,740 mi²
Official area	7,280 km²Wikidata	8,250 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 47in Japan	29th of 36in India
Population	2.3 millionWikidata, 2021	356,000Wikidata, 2005
Rank by population	14th of 47in Japan	34th of 36in India
Density	305 per km²	50 per km²
Capital	Sendai	Srivijayapuram
Latitude range	38°N to 39°N	7°N to 14°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2005. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 7,500 km² is 3.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 7,280 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 7,110 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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